Women and socialism
Subtitle: essays on women's liberation
By: Sharon Smith.
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9781931859110
Subjects: Women and socialism.; Women's rights.; Feminism.; Women -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Description: "Mainstream feminism has shifted steadily rightward since the 1970s - embracing Bush's war on Afghanistan in 2001, and even endorsing Democratic Party efforts to seek "common ground" with abortion opponents after John Kerry's defeat in 2004. This approach has proven disastrous for women, from the U.S. to Afghanistan." "This collection of essays examines these issues from a Marxist perspective - addressing the reasons why women are oppressed, the different nature of oppression between women of different social classes, and the basis for building a movement that can end women's oppression, along with all other forms of inequality."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.  ) and index.
Table of contents: title: The origin of women's oppression; title: Abortion rights: the socialist case; title: What ever happened to feminism?; title: Socialism, women, and Islam; title: Women and socialism.